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Eviction moratorium and rental assistance discussed during town hall

Posted at 11:24 AM, Dec 22, 2020
and last updated 2020-12-23 14:03:18-05

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — The public is invited to take part in a virtual town hall to learn about the eviction moratorium and rental assistance available through the CHAP Program Dec. 22 at 4 p.m.

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The participants in the town hall are Clark County Commissioners Tick Segerblom and Justin Jones, Nevada Legal Aid Policy Director Bailey Bortolin and Arriba Las Vegas Executive Director Bliss Requa-Trautz.

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The discussion can be viewed at www.Facebook.com/ClarkCountyNV, www.Twitter.com/ClarkCountyNV and https://www.youtube.com/user/ClarkCountyNV/live.

Clark County Television (CCTV) will air the discussion live. CCTV is available in the Las Vegas area on Channel 4/1004 on Cox cable and on CenturyLink on Channels 4 and 1004 as well as in Laughlin on Channel 14 via Suddenlink. CCTV is also available in Boulder City on Channel 4 and in Moapa Valley on Digital Channel 50.3. One may watch CCTV on streaming devices such as Roku, Apple TV and Amazon Fire TV via the YouTube app.

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"We have received a number of questions about the new eviction moratorium that is in effect through March 31st, and we want to do our part to help residents understand it," said Commissioner Segerblom. "We also hope to answer questions and provide information about the Clark County Housing Assistance Program. I encourage anyone with an interest to participate in this town hall meeting."

"The pandemic has been financially devastating to a lot of Southern Nevada families and we encourage them to tune in to this town hall meeting to get information about what steps they can take to avoid eviction and obtain rental assistance," said Commissioner Jones.